The theme words with misspellings (extra vowels together) was tough for me. When I see thee e's in a row in a grid, I know I'm on the wrong track. Same is true with two i's and two a's. So I was forced to reconsider what was already correct. It was fun.

Aleph follower BETH [not sure why we get a letter from a foreign alphabet as a clue for a word that is a woman's name](NYET is common enough in our language to fit in.)

When will be the next time that a grid will feature four contiguous i's?